DPP: Pegasus/Resurrections Ship

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Sorry I wasn't around yesterday--RL prevented me from getting online, so I'm adjusting my DPP schedule slightly and playing comment catch-up. (And now it's Saturday in my time zone--whoops)  But now I'm bring you the combined arc of PEGASUS and RESURRECTION SHIP 1&2.  I actually have an appropriate icon for this one, which is very exciting for me.

Kara: I could use some backup.  I'll understand if you can't.
Lee: You know better than that.
Kara: Yeah, I guess so.
Lee: People have to have this, Kara.  Trust.  Your word and my word.  We don't have this, then we really are no different than the Cylons.
Kara: Thank you.

I love seeing our favorite pilots removed from their familiar environment.  On the Pegasus, they have no one to turn to but each other.  This delightful scene illustrates that to perfection.  There are so many nice touches, but my favorite might be the incredulous look Kara gives Lee when Stinger pulls her from the mission. Observe: 

This time through, I noticed two things that I had forgotten.  First, the cute little punch on the arm Kara gives Lee when Stinger puts him on Raptor duty (and what does it say about our ship that punches are cute?).  Second, the angry face she makes just before standing up when they're dismissed.  Love it.  Also: why did Lee bring a surveillance package to the briefing?  The only possible reason I can think of is that he KNEW Stinger's plan would suck and he KNEW Kara would tell him so.  And then that she would be pulled from the mission.  Lee may be smart, but I'm not sure he's that smart...

Anyhoo...fast forward to one of my favorite pilot scenes of them all: 

There are so many things to love here.  First and foremost, it demonstrates one of my favorite things about their relationship: they have each other's backs.  Always.  "You know better than that," Lee says when Kara gives him an out.  They both know that he won't leave her alone in her hour of need.  Second, for all that Kara is typically the more reticent one when it comes to displays of emotion, she is the one who initiates the hug.  She steps into her arms and he doesn't hesitate to give her the comfort she needs.   That's my third favorite thing about this scene--the way Lee wraps her up and pulls her closer.  Gets to me every time.

Of course, fate is not kind to our pilots, and Lee isn't able to be there for her.

Even though it breaks my heart, I love this scene too.  I love that she tries to be there for him.  I love the physical ease between them in this whole arc, and the way she's sitting on his bunk in this scene.  She says exactly the wrong thing to him--that she didn't need him anyway--but she's trying.  Breaks. My. Frakking. Heart.

What do you think happened immediately after Lee's confession?

I have never written fic about this period, though I have long been meaning to--and I swear that someday I will finish (and post) that plotfic--but thankfully, many talented people have.  

+Roll Over To Me by rawles .  This fic will break your heart.
+The Reasons by daphnaea and the remix, A Sunny Day In Tartarus by mercurial_wit .  These might break your heart too, but they'll also put it back together again.

More recs to be found here and here.

Tell me true: would you have watched Battlestar Pegasus?

Comments

[mserrada.livejournal.com]

The bits you aren't remembering were in the extended/deleted section. I suppose they have to trim excess time somewhere, but those bits were golden so glad they saved them for add-ons.